A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.
Ki Seung Nyang (Empress Ki)
Wang Yoo (King Choong Hye of Goryeo)
Ta Hwan (Emperor Huizong of Yuan)
Tal Tal
Tanashiri (Empress Tanashiri)
El Temur
Bayan Khutugh
Dokman
Lady Park
Bayan
Budashiri (Empress Dowager)
Yeon Bisu
Tangqishi
Lady Seo
Wang Go
Choi Moo-song
Yeom Byung-soo
Kolta
Park Bul-hwa
Ki Seung Nyang (young)
Hong Dan
Na Mu [Ta Hwan's escort warrior]
Prince Ma Ha
Palla Chubmokah [Ta Hwan’s cousin]
Court Lady
Bang Jin
Mak Son [Assassin]
Kim Soon Jo [The penitentiary of Goryeo]
Ha Yool
Seol Do Gan
Chung Suk [former king of Goryeo / Wang Yoo's father]
Wang Yu [Young]
Kkoe Bo
Court Lady Noh
[Fortune teller] (Ep. 28)
Heuk Soo [Merchant/Slave Trader]
Princess Kyeong-hwa - The Queen of King Chung-sook
Lady Lee [Seung Nyang's mother]
Ki Ja Oh [Seung-nyang's father, the head of a full-time army]
[Dying prince]
Joo Gook Cheong [Court Minister]
Imperial Prince Ayushiridara
[Shaman] (Ep. 34-35)
[Yuan Envoy]
[Buddhist monk]
[Inju Branch]
[Maebak Column Head]
[Man]
[Gisaeng]